Women As `Slaves` By Christian Joppa | July 30, 1989 Enough is enough! It is astounding that someone could have the audacity to compare todays pro-choice position with the pro-slavery position of the 19th Century. In Gerald Westers letter of July 18, he makes this comparison and, as a result, adds his argument to the endless list of illogical, blind and unfair stances of the pro-life minority. If the slavery issue is to be used, it should be the other way around. If we limit or remove a womans fundamental right to choose how she uses her uterus,... NEWS Dawn Turner Trice: A visit to the herbalist to talk about the flu Dawn Turner Trice | January 30, 2013 Apparently your tongue speaks volumes about your health without you saying a word. And this is why Lisa Lau, a Chicago herbalist, recently had me saying Ahhhh. But that was as far as the examination went with Lau, whose clients call her Dr. Lisa. Although Im totally healthy, I was sitting in her office - a storefront at 2802 S. Wentworth Ave. - because I was curious. With so many people still being pummeled this flu season, I wondered what... ENTERTAINMENT Worthwhile Affair For The Heart By Carol Haddix | March 2, 1989 Jacques Pepin, that well-known French chef/teacher and author of La Technique and six other cookbooks featuring French food, recently has focused his skills toward health food. Health food for the heart, that is. He has helped produced a video and an accompanying cookbook called A Fare for the Heart in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. The $39.95 package, available in bookstores, includes 67 low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes, nutrition information and cooking hints. FEATURES Small changes, big impact By Karen Ravn, SPECIAL TO TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERS | February 7, 2010 There are two kinds of people in the United States: the ones who have high blood pressure now, and the ones who have a very good chance of getting it some day. Thats bad news, because high blood pressure, technically known as hypertension, raises the risk for stroke, heart disease, heart failure, kidney disease and eye damage, including blindness. Patients can greatly reduce their risk for such problems by bringing their blood pressure down to a goal level they establish with their doctor. NEWS Bionic man makes debut at Washingtons Air and Space Museum Lacey Johnson and Reuters | October 17, 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A first-ever walking, talking bionic man built entirely out of synthetic body parts made his Washington debut on Thursday. The robot with a human face unveiled at the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum was built by Londons Shadow Robot Co to showcase medical breakthroughs in bionic body parts and artificial organs. This is not a gimmick. This is a real science development, museum director John Dailey said. The... NEWS Things that turn us on September 24, 2009 GAMES Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny $39.99 Sony PSP Based on Soul Calibur IV, this is an impressive PSP release. The graphics are fantastic -- close up, its clear that the models are less complex and have lower-resolution textures than their console cousins; but in action, they look smooth and detailed. The game plays like the rest of the series, and the moves are familiar and easy to pull off with the PSPs control layout. JUSTIN HOEGER,SACRAMENTO BEE ONLINE Lashisse ad ... NEWS Chicago By FROM NEWS SERVICES | April 18, 2008 Bomb threat evacuates NIU buildings The Health Services Building and later the adjacent Telecommunications Building at Northern Illinois University were reopened Thursday afternoon after officials determined a bomb threat was not credible. A handwritten note was found in a well-traveled stairwell in the Health Services Building about 2 p.m., according to Melanie Magara, NIUs assistant vice president for public affairs. Deerfield sues ComEd over outages Fed up with what they say have become routine power... NEWS Chicago By FROM NEWS SERVICES | April 18, 2008 Bomb threat evacuates NIU buildings The Health Services Building and later the adjacent Telecommunications Building at Northern Illinois University were reopened Thursday afternoon after officials determined a bomb threat was not credible. A handwritten note was found in a well-traveled stairwell in the Health Services Building about 2 p.m., according to Melanie Magara, NIUs assistant vice president for public affairs. Deerfield sues ComEd over outages Fed up with what they say have become routine power... FEATURES A Healthy Cheer From The Heart By Mary Breslin | May 30, 1993 Lubba-dubba, chanted the left side of the audience. Pumpa-dumpa, responded the folks on the right. And among them danced Slim Goodbody, singing about the importance of a healthy heart. It was Napervilles recent Family Wellness Fair at Good Samaritan Medical Center, where moms, dads and kids of all ages nibbled strawberries and grapes and drank natural fruit juices. John Burstein, fitness expert and actor, assumed the character of super health hero Slim Goodbody, wearing a bodysuit... FEATURES An Inheritance Is A Gift, Not A Right By Ann Landers | June 24, 1998 Dear Ann Landers: This letter is in response to Hurt and Poor in San Diego. She is the woman who felt that her mother should have given her part of the proceeds from the sale of the family home after her father died. (Her mother had remarried.) San Diego asked for your opinion to help put things in the proper perspective. Well, Ann, I have quite another perspective. I am sick and tired of people who feel they are entitled to something simply because they happen to be related. It is... NEWS Things that turn us on September 24, 2009 GAMES Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny $39.99 Sony PSP Based on Soul Calibur IV, this is an impressive PSP release. The graphics are fantastic -- close up, its clear that the models are less complex and have lower-resolution textures than their console cousins; but in action, they look smooth and detailed. The game plays like the rest of the series, and the moves are familiar and easy to pull off with the PSPs control layout. JUSTIN HOEGER,SACRAMENTO BEE ONLINE Lashisse ad ... NEWS An Uncertain Prognosis By Cindy Schreuder and Robert Becker, Tribune Staff Writers | March 30, 1997 Every day, the waiting room at the Fantus Clinic teems with the lame, the febrile and the nearsighted. A modern appendage sutured to the antiquated corpus of Cook County Hospital, Fantus is where mothers and their children sit in stiff chairs waiting hours for a doctors appointment that might have taken weeks to secure. But walk down a grimy corridor--near the new, $25 million emergency room--and hop an ancient elevator--run by an attendant--to one of the wards, and you find that space isnt the... NEWS Artificial Heart Research Losing Federal Funding By New York Times News Service | May 13, 1988 The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday that the federal government would no longer finance the development of an artificial human heart. The decision does not halt all artificial heart research, but it deals a blow to the half-century-old dream of building a mechanical pump to replace a heart that no longer functions. Dr. Claude Lenfant, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, said that the cancellation of federal funds for artificial hearts... FEATURES A Healthy Cheer From The Heart By Mary Breslin | May 30, 1993 Lubba-dubba, chanted the left side of the audience. Pumpa-dumpa, responded the folks on the right. And among them danced Slim Goodbody, singing about the importance of a healthy heart. It was Napervilles recent Family Wellness Fair at Good Samaritan Medical Center, where moms, dads and kids of all ages nibbled strawberries and grapes and drank natural fruit juices. John Burstein, fitness expert and actor, assumed the character of super health hero Slim Goodbody, wearing
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